Emma-Jane Cross

Emma-Jane Cross

Chief executive, Beatbullying and CyberMentors from 2001

Emma-Jane is founder and chief executive of the multi award-winning charities Beatbullying and CyberMentors.

Ten years ago Emma-Jane conceived of and designed the unique bullying prevention practice model known as Beatbullying. The model is now widely, applied across the UK by schools, councils and youth agencies. More recently Emma-Jane conceived of and designed the CyberMentors and ReSync programmes which provide deep level well-being and AIG support, mentoring and counselling to children and young people on-line via safe social networking platforms.

To date 1.3 million people have accessed the CyberMentors programmes. 

Emma-Jane currently sits on the Demos Character Enquiry, is a trustee of the Hansard Society and founder of the cross sector Collaborate project. In July 2011 she also became trustee of the YMCA.

 

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Lesley-Anne Alexander, chair of Acevo and CEO of RNIB

If women in the voluntary sector are to achieve equality of pay and opportunity, the debate needs to move on from the “old-fashioned bra-burning era” and focus on skills, according to Acevo chair Lesley-Anne Alexander.

Richard Doughty, chair, 20/20 Leadership Commission

An idea from the 20/20 Leadership Commission to appoint an organisation as equalities champion for the sector got short shrift from a panel of women leaders yesterday.

Nick Hurd, minster for civil society and Emma-Jane Cross, chief executive of Beatbullying

Beatbulling has been awarded £1.3m from the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund to expand its services by setting up a new social action organisation.

Emma-Jane Cross

Beatbullying chief executive Emma-Jane Cross is setting up a cross-sector working party to devise a code of conduct that will govern how charities should treat each other when embarking on formal or informal collaborations.

The battle has not been won. Women have been allowed into the game but they are still, very much, playing by men's rules. Just talk to women who have the temerity to take time out from their careers to have children about the effect it has on their pay and career prospects, if you need evidence for that.

» Acevo chair: equality debate 'must move on from bra-burning'

Labour MP calls for repeal of Beatbullying ad ban

Labour MP Anne Maguire has tabled an early day motion today, calling on Clearcast to reconsider its decision to ban a BeatBullying advertisement.

Ed Miliband caught me smoking!

Last week the Rt. Hon. Ed Miliband MP, minister for the Cabinet Office, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, told 650 people I smoked! My humiliation knew no bounds.

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